What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
For Bike Week 2021 we are running a series articles about opportunities to get cycling in south Leeds: Active Leeds has supported two new cycling groups in South Leeds, through the Cyclying UK’s Community Cycle Club programme. “Cycling UK has been instrumental in getting our group set up and feeling
Indicative designs for the new Cockburn Laurence Calvert Academy in Middleton were unveiled at a meeting of the South & West Plans Panel last month. The new school is being built to address the shortage of secondary school places in south Leeds and will be seven form entry, eventually accommodating
Middleton-based DAZL (Dance Action Zone Leeds) and their group of volunteers based across the city have been honoured with The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK. DAZL is a dance and health organisation and charity supported by Leeds Public Health
The Friends of Middleton Park have launched a Go Fund Me page to help pay for a tree sculpture in the park. Chair of the Friends, Alan Shaw, explains: “When the Friends learnt from the Council Estate Officer for the Park that one of the trees by the lake needed
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. Please note that due to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak Leeds City Council is not accepting written representations made by post. Please make any comments online and address them to
Two new digital inclusion projects are being set up across Belle Isle and Middleton, with the aim of supporting local people develop their digital skills and confidence. A new iPad loan scheme has been set up in South Leeds to help the elderly get on line, send e-mails, use Google
The familiar whistle of trains running on the world’s oldest railway could be heard again yesterday as Middleton Railway reopened after it was forced to close in November, having been shut for most of 2020. Steam trains are operating every Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday every hour between 10:30am and
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. Please note that due to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak Leeds City Council is not accepting written representations made by post. Please make any comments online and address them to
A man is due to appear in court charged over an incident in Leeds where a gun was fired at a house. Damien Cooper, aged 29, of Willowdale, Middleton, has been charged with conspiracy to possess a firearm with intent to endanger life in relation to an incident at a
Asda will provide customers with free to use electric vehicle (EV) charging points in some of its West Yorkshire stores thanks to a new partnership with ENGIE. Customers will have 24/7 access to the free charging points across 19 of the retailer’s stores, including Middleton, Asda’s sustainability store. Supplying 100%